Franks Fort Frankfort Attorney Found Dead After Marital Turmoil
Frankfort Indiana, attorney Samuel Vanton, about 55, was discovered dead in his office from a self inflicted gunshot after a brief marriage to Frankie A Meeker of Quincy Illinois ended with desertion and rival divorce claims. Police found a revolver and a note about funeral arrangements. Vanton had returned to Middletown New York to arrange his son’s inheritance and had displayed signs of personal distress following his wife’s suit alleging misappropriation of funds.
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T Frankfort
Ind
Samuel Vanton
Vanton
Frankie A. Meeker
Quincy
Ill
Frankie A. Vanton
First National Bank
Sidwell
Mr. Sidwell
A. A. Laird
Mr. Laird
Frankfort
Middletown
N. Y
Cashier
Charles H. Anderson
Child Nellie Cogan Prays For Freedom From Reform School
Nellie Cogan a nearly ten year old girl prays in a Cleveland Central police cell for liberty from Lancaster reform school. She asks Judge and prosecutor to release her and promises to be good and stop truancy. The dramatic night of prayer is witnessed by Turn key Dangler and others in the station.
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Dangler
Nellie Cogan
Nellie Coyan
Central Police Station
Cleveland
Reform School
Lancaster
Turnkey
Felows
Freater
Bloomers Take Oakland Streets as Winter Fashion
Mrs W J Burwell of 957 Franklin Street Oakland adapts bloomers for street wear after a rainstorm shows skirts are impractical She designs a knee length bloomers with knit leggings and a waist tied coat The fad draws mixed reactions from men and women and she plans a bloomers club to promote comfort over style during rain leading her to lead a reform stance
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Oakland
Cal
W. J. Burwell
Franklin Street
She Worked as a Man in Meadville Jail Case
In Meadville a jail prisoner, Henry Vandegriff, is revealed as a woman Harriet Vandegriff of Harrisburg who has a 15 year old son. She worked as a hired man for David Peters, left after quarrels over Peters jealousy. Peters’ barn burned Jan 18 and Vandegriff was found sick in a nearby barn next day. She says she is glad the deception is discovered.
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Meadville
Henry Vandegriff
Harriet Vandegriff
Harrisburg
David Peters
Peters
Vandegriff
Delirious Grocer Thrown from Window by Patient in Albany
J C Thompson a Springfield Massachusetts grocer and partner at Smith Adams Co became delirious at Albany Homeopathic Hospital. He tried to kill two doctors by throwing them from a third floor window. Superintendent Congdon was struck by a pitcher and seriously injured. Thompson still alive but likely to die from typhoid pneumonia.
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J. C. Thompson
Smith, Adams & Co
Springfield
Mass
Albany
N. Y
Congdon
Thompson
Silver as the Issue in 1896 Politics
The article argues silver money as the defining issue of 1896, predicting strong Populist growth and a pivotal Republican convention stance on free coinage. It highlights cross-party alliances, a Washington conference on silver policy, and notes India’s coinage suspension as a misinterpreted factor in the currency debate.
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England
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Closing of Indian Mint and English economic interests
A Ga lena correspondent argues England's threefold stake in India monetary policy includes agriculture finance and manufacturing. The India rupee gold value drop harms English industry by limiting trade and raising costs, prompting a sacrifice by landowners lenders and manufacturers to protect imperial profits. Mr Cleary asserts voters must read the Bimetallist.
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India
Manchester
Calcutta
Bombay
Andrews
Galena
Ill
H. F. Bartine
Chicago
T. E. Diamond
England
Birmingham
Gold
Silver and a united reform push for free coinage
Charles Howell urges cross party unity at St Louis to form a Populist Prohibition alliance backing free silver at 16 to 1 with initiative and referendum. He envisions government owned utilities and money issued by the state, claiming such a platform could elect a reform government and end the current plutocracy.
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National Bimetallist
St. Louis
People’s Party
Congress
Russia
United States
Charles Howelll
Citizens' measure debate spans voters and definitions
Our correspondent argues for united action but overestimates public knowledge. He notes ten million U.S. voters who do not understand initiative referendum or imperative as used in politics, and among those who do, opinions vary on their merits.
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United States
Bi metallism debate sparks western New York outreach
Judge Miller, second vice president of the union, warned in western New York that public ignorance about bi metallism harms farmers who may be losing farms. The era sees growing demand for literature from western New York as the seed of discussion spreads nationwide.
Telepathic Loan Mystery From St Louis Telegraph Office
A telegraph operator recounts a strange case of telepathy involving Johnstone who vanished after needing a loan. Six years later May recalls him, and New Year’s Eve receives a Colorado postmarked letter from Johnstone with a money order for the owed amount, dated the day of the inquiry. The share of details suggests a puzzling link between thought and communication.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cit
Nare Johnstone
Johnstone
May
St. Louis
Colorado
Moral Fable of Lion Beaver and Dog in Forest
A lion boasts of strength while a beaver extols industry and a dog praises fidelity. In a council the dog argues that loyalty and sacrifice are superior virtues, prompting the lion and beaver to reflect on the value of patience, usefulness, and restraint.
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James Marion Brannin
Life Spans and Maturity Ages in Naturalists’ Theories
Buffon and other eminent naturalists argued earthly life spans are five times the time to reach maturity. Buffon’s table shows the camel matures in eight years and lives forty, the horse five and twenty five, the ox four and fifteen to twenty, the son four and twenty, the dog two and ten to twelve, and the man twenty and one hundred.
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Buffon
Flourens
Humboldt
Floating chapel ready for evangelizing voyages from Kattawa
Rev Walter Marshall, formerly a commercial traveler, has fitted a floating chapel in Kattawa Kentucky to travel the Cumberland Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He will take his family aboard and offset costs by performing work at stopping points. The minister expects his expenses to be light.
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Kattawa
Cumberland
Ohio
Mississippi
Walter Marshall
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